Hershell Preston Tucker
August 13, 2016
Hershell Preston Tucker, age 89, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Saturday, (August 13, 2016) at his son's home in Mt. Washington. He was born on July 6, 1927, in Grayson County, KY, the son of the late Robert and Sarah Chaney Tucker. He was a retired civil servant, and an avid gardener who enjoyed making canes. He was a member...
Theressa Faye Farris
August 12, 2016
Theressa Faye Farris, age 61, of Millwood, KY, passed away Friday, (August 12, 2016) at her daughter's home in Leitchfield, KY. She was born on December 20, 1954 in Grayson County, KY, the daughter of the late Chester and Erma Nell Tarrance Dockery. She was a relief post master in Millwood, KY and a member of Church of Joy who...
Phyllis Hornback
August 8, 2016
Phyllis Hornback, age 76, of Caneyville, KY, passed away Monday, August 8, 2016, at Nortons Hospital in Louisville. She was born on December 31, 1939, in Caneyville, KY, the daughter of the late Eugene and Bowers Small. She was a life long teacher, over her 37 plus year career as a teacher in Grayson County Schools, a member of KEA,...
Lloyd Mitchell Newton
August 8, 2016
Lloyd Mitchell Newton, age 89, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Monday, (August 8, 2016) in Caneyville, KY. He was born on March 27, 1927 in Grayson Co., KY, the son of the late John and Lillie Vincent Newton. He was a custodian for the Grayson County High School for 19 years and a farmer, who enjoyed flea markets, gospel singing...
Mabel E. Hayes
August 2, 2016
Mabel E. Hayes, age 78, of Leitchfield, KY, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, (August 2, 2016) at her residence in Leitchfield. She was born on March 22, 1938, in Grayson County, the daughter of the late Obie, Sr. and Gertie Mae Brooks Woosley. She was a home-maker, who enjoyed gardening, canning and going to church. She was a...
Regina (Jennie) Lois Wood
July 31, 2016
Regina (Jennie) Lois Wood, age 77, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Sunday, (July 31, 2016) at University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born on October 2, 1938, in Leitchfield, the daughter of the late Robert L. and Consulo Lavada Decker Grant. She was a home-maker, who enjoyed gardening, canning and visiting with her family. She married the...
Nellie C. Bratcher
July 27, 2016
Nellie C. Bratcher, age 80, of Clarkson, KY, passed away Wednesday, (July 27, 2016) at the Norton's Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born on August 28, 1935, in Grayson County, KY, the daughter of the late Robert and Dora McGrew Lindsey. She was an assembly line worker at Stratton Tackle Box and Sporting Manufacturing Company, who enjoyed quilting, cooking,...
Leon D Kessinger
July 25, 2016
Leon D. Kessinger, age 88, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Monday, (July 25, 2016) at the Hosparus Inpatient Care Unit in Louisville, KY. He was born on April 6, 1928, in Snap, KY, the son of the late Clarence and Pearl Williams Kessinger. He retired from Philip Morris where he worked as a machinist for 30 years and was a...
Shannon Ray Raymer Sr.
July 19, 2016
Shannon Ray Raymer Sr., age 68, of Caneyville, KY, passed away Tuesday, (July 19, 2016) at his residence. He was born on November 22, 1947, in Caneyville, KY, the son of the Floyd and Elsie Lorene Anderson Raymer. He was a retired construction worker, a Vietnam Veteran of the US Army, serving in H Troop, the 17th Cavalry, who received...
Nellie Marie Whitaker
July 15, 2016
Nellie Marie Whitaker, age 91, of Shrewsbury, KY, passed away Friday, July 15, 2016, at Kensington Manor in Elizabethtown. She was born on August 20, 1924, in Millerstown, KY, the daughter of the late Roy and Bessie Skaggs Layman. She was a home-maker, who enjoyed playing piano at her church and visiting with family and friends. She married the love...
Ethel Frances Croghan
July 9, 2016
Ethel Frances Croghan, age 101, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Saturday, (July 9, 2016) at the Grayson Manor in Leitchfield. She was born on July 29, 1914 in Hart County, KY, the daughter of the late William Dart and Trecie Frances Alvey Bratcher. She was a housewife, who enjoyed cooking, sewing, quilting, flowers and especially spending time with the family....
Carmel T. Sego
July 7, 2016
Carmel T. Sego, age 78, of Louisville, KY, passed away Thursday, (July 7, 2016) at Hosparus Inpatient Care Center in Louisville, KY. He was born on January 4, 1938 in Grayson Co., KY, the son of the late Arvil and Vera Higdon Sego. He was a retired line assemblyman at GE who enjoyed Seek and Find Books and spending time...
Anita Sue Melchior
July 7, 2016
Anita Sue Melchior, age 76, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Thursday, (July 7, 2016) at Norton's Hospital in Louisville. She was born on June 17, 1940, in Hardinsburg, IN, the daughter of the late Leonard and Gayle Jones Ponder. She was employed as legal secretary, and enjoyed BINGO, reading, and listening to gospel music. She attended the Church of God...
Joseph Carlton Clemons
July 6, 2016
Joseph Carlton Clemons, age 79, of Clarkson, KY, passed away Wednesday, (July 6, 2016) at the V.A. Medical Center in Louisville, KY. He was born on February 12, 1937, in Grayson County, KY, son of the late Dillard and Maude Ellen Sims Clemons. He was a member of St. Anthony Church in Peonia, KY. He is survived by his wife...
Bettie Cole Deason
July 4, 2016
Bettie Cole Deason, 82, of Williamsville, MO. passed away July 4, 2016 at Poplar Bluff, MO. She was born on January 22, 1934, to the late Earnest Mathis and Jeannette Davidson Mathis in Clay County, KY. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, MO. She is survived by her children, Alice Cole of Poplar Bluff,...
Zethie Dixon
July 4, 2016
Zethie Woosley Dixon, 98, of Caneyville, KY, passed away Monday (July 4, 2016) at Signature Healthcare of Hartford in Hartford, KY. She was born on February 4, 1918 in Grayson County, KY, the daughter of the late Thurman and Julia Woosley. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Church and a textile artist using different mediums-sewing, quilting, and crocheting. She...
Cheryl Lynne Hale Meredith
June 20, 2016
Cheryl Lynne Hale Meredith, age 65, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Monday, (June 20, 2016) at the Heartford House in Owensboro KY. She was born on May 15, 1951 in Owensboro, KY, the daughter of the late Willis Allen Hale and Alma Brown Hale. Lynne was a loving kind friend to all and impacted countless students in her teaching career....
Ruby Lee Payton Young
June 20, 2016
Ruby Lee Payton Young, age 90, of Falls of Rough, KY, passed away Monday, (June 20, 2016) at her residence. She was born on February 24, 1926 in Grayson County, KY, the daughter of the late Guy and Bertha Oller Duggins. She was a home-maker, who enjoyed quilting, gardening, and feeding and watching the birds. She was a member of...
Milburn Ray Vanmeter
June 20, 2016
Milburn Ray VanMeter, age 70, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Monday, (June 20, 2016) at the Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, TN. He was born on May 8, 1946, in Grayson Co., KY, the son of the late Doyle and Margerie Grace Whitman VanMeter. He was a Vietnam army veteran who received two bronze stars; he was a former owner of...
Raymond Wavy Young
June 19, 2016
Raymond Wavy Young, age 77, of Falls of Rough, KY, passed away Sunday, (June 19, 2016) at the University Hospital in Louisville, KY. He was born on January 20, 1939, in Grayson County, KY, the son of the late Raymond and Hazel Willoughby Young. He was a farmer, a US Army Veteran and was a member of Yeaman Church of...
